Identification-sign.



QW OW H. SJOVIK.

IDENTIFICATION SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1910.

1,027,008. Patented May 21, 1912.

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IDENTIFICATION-SIGN. r

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 21, 1912.

Application filed November 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,712.

To all whom it may concernf Be it known that I, HENRY SJOVIK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Great Falls, in the county of Cascade,State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful I Improvements inIdentification-Signs; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use thesame.

This invention relates to identification signs for street corners,houses, vehicles.

The object of the invention is to provide a sign having removabledesignation characters which may be changed from time to time asnecessary, and further having these designation characters spaced fromthe support to which the sign may be attached so that rainwater and thelike will not gain access to the characters.

With the above object in view the invention consists of the noveldetails of construction and combination of parts hereinhas after fullydescribed and claimed, it being understood that various modificationsmay be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of'the appended claim.

"In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,Figure 1is a front elevation of a sign constructed in accordance with myinvention. Flg. 2 1s a cross sectional view taken on the line. 2-2Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 33Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a-plan view of the blank from which the signsupporting frame is formed.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts, the sign is seento comprise a supporting frame10 formed from a single plate of pliable material. The plate is Providedcentrally with a longitudinal orifice 11, and is provided in its edgesadjacent to the ends of this orifice with spaced notches 12, the

material between these notches being curved backwardly and then inwardlyto form mirror receivmg grooves 13, and the material intermediate thesenotches and ends of the plate forming tabs which are bent so as to closethe ends of the grooves as shown at 13, thence being extended in theplanes of the closed ends a distance approximately equal to the shortestdiameter of the closed ends, thence being bent abruptly at right anglesupon themselves and forming supporting lugs 14, the free legs of theselu s being argeinged in a plane arallel to the plane of e theldentification plate in said grooves will be spaced from the support towhich the device is attached so that rainwater and the like will notgain access to,the identifica: tion plate.

Arran ed in the grooves of the frame are a plurality of juxtapositioned'mirrors 15, these mirrors by virtue of the tabs or supporting lugs ofthe'frame being pliable, being bodily removable from the frame at anytime as may be necessary. Each mirror is provided with an identificationcharacter, and in order that the identification character may be morereadily visible at night than ordinary signs said character is formed byscraping a corresponding portion of the .light reflecting element fromthe mirror and this scraped portion covered with an opaque element 17such as black paint or the like. The identification character thusformed is disposed in the reflectin field which will cause the characterto stan sign is viewed from a certain angle, and it is clear that apedestrian may by shiftin its position at night readily view the signrom such an angle as to make all the characters stand out in relief. Forretaining the characters against displacement from the frame should theybe broken, a metal back piece- 18 is secured in the mirror receivinggrooves of the frame, and forms an abutment against which the mirrorsrest.

What is claimed is a A sign including a one iece frame formed from asingle blank of pliable material hav' ing a longitudinal openin the.longitudinal portions of said blank eing. bent backwardly and theninwardly to form si ,receiving grooves, the end portions 0 said blankbeing bent to form straight legs which close the ends of said groovesand extend in out in relief when the the planes of said closed ends fora distance In testimony whereof, I afiix my signeefi'ual toapproximately the shortest diameter ture,.in presence of witnesses.

e the. closed ends whereby to; space the frame from the supportto whichit may be v applied, said legs being terminall bent out- Witnesses; vwardly to form securing lugs, an an identi- GHAs..Ai-mERso1-r, fieationelement secured in-said grooves. and L,M.'MCDOWELL,' exposed throughsaid longitudinal opening. Gus. SJ'OVIK.

* HENRY SJOVIK.

